https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 00:02:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-nighttime-routine-your-thoughts#post-445239 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:03:10 +0000 Sammyfab 445239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It definitely sounds like she doesn't want to be rocked to sleep anymore and wants to fall asleep on her own...which is awesome! If she isn't really eating much when you offer it to her at bedtime then I would just put her in her crib. My LO will fuss during his entire bedtime routine if he is tired and shut right up as soon as he is in his crib. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-nighttime-routine-your-thoughts#post-445235 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:01:32 +0000 Andrea 445235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD got fussy one night while I was rocking her. Really, she flipped out on me. This happened for a few nights. I started to get so frustrated. So one night I plopped her down and she went right to sleep. I guess she was trying to tell me something. That was the end of our rocking so I would try it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-nighttime-routine-your-thoughts#post-445230 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:58:00 +0000 Bao 445230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm you could try putting her in her crib when she starts rooting to see if she finds her thumb and soothes herself to sleep? She may be starting a new schedule, I would kind of just go with it and see what happens! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/changing-nighttime-routine-your-thoughts#post-445181 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:34:14 +0000 mediagirl 445181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our lo turned 6 months yesterday. She has always been really good at bedtime. Read a book, sing some songs, fuss a little, then settle in and fall almost asleep in mom's arms before going into the crib.</p> <p>The past two nights, she has been beyond fussy at bedtime. We get a book and a half or two books read and she starts crying and fussing and kicking. She starts nuzzling me like she's hungry so, like the sucker I am, I let her eat. My husband calls it her bedtime snack. I'm worried I'm going to start a pattern...she has never needed a snack before bed. She has never nursed right before bed. </p> <p>After her snack, she looks for her thumb. When she finds her thumb, she calms down for a few seconds before losing it and fussing again. Finally I decided, when she finds her thumb, if it's close enough to 7pm, I'll put her in her crib, leave and shut the door. We did that two nights in a row. She goes down into bed and then we hear her on the monitor start cooing. She plays in bed for about 10 minutes before falling asleep.</p> <p>Has she found her own new pattern? Could it be she doesn't want to be rocked to sleep anymore, she wants to put herself to sleep in her crib now? Should I put her in her crib when she starts rooting instead of feeding her? </p> <p>Thoughts? </p>